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This is what I mean, Rantent has almost the most power you can get on SEN and only has 555 posts, I believe that he may have lost some posts but I dont see his posts a lot.

He used to have over 2000 I think.

That happened 11 paragraphs ago.

Ok seriously, Staredit is blocked from my firefox.

A person gets a high position on SEN on their respectability, which is largely earned through time and posts on SEN. Valug is respectable in the Melee Forum, which I think doesn't count toward cumulative posts. It's not that posts make you a liable candidate for high position, its being mature and respectable, which can become a side-effect of posting a lot.

Okay I get it, you want to drive this in deeper. So what? Why is it so wrong of me to think that the only place to go from here is up? The key word was "optimism," y'know.

My point was that from my past experiences, people who have been here longer and have tons of posts (in this case this idea is embodied by the Elite status) are chosen as Moderators. Back then, we had a very limited amount of Moderators (which is before your time here, 7-7). So excuse me if I base my generalization on what I remember from before we had over 20 Mods (supposing you count DLDB and Tutorial Keepers as Mods as well).

I still can't believe you took one minor detail from a post about an optimistic outlook after reaching the Elite status, just to attempt to prove me wrong. Is this stemming from unchecked aggression due to the fact that you lost so many posts after the hacking attack and you could be an Elite by now?

How about we just end this now, or at least take it to PMs. Its getting off-topic at this point.

Let's just cut out that whole paragraph and keep that bolded and I'd say that almost 60-70% of sen feels that way. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes, I agree, I think that everyone comes here to put in there 10 cents, some decide to give more, and some less but I am woking my way to a couple dollars!

Membergroup advancements are completely useless. Maybe it's because I have already experienced the staff member perks, but I honestly feel they are useless.

First, what do they accomplish? More PM space, post moderation abilities.. but do you really need those perks if you delete your PMs and think before you post? Does it raise your image in the community? Perhaps.

The fact is, I almost never even look at the post count of myself or anyone else. All your post count reflects is how much you like to blab. I judge somebody by what's in their post, nothing more.

I only post when something interesting catches my eye, and I feel I have something to mention. Not to simply raise my post amount. Hence my relatively low post count for the amount of time I have been a member.

It is true however that you become more noticable with the more you post. So it may increase your chance of hitting a staff position, but I feel that should not be a priority of people at SEN. We are here to chat about everybodies favourite game.

Well, it is logically fitting that you should be posting in a forum that you moderate. However, I would investigate this by reading the forum and looking at your posts, not looking at your post count and thinking "Wow, this guy posts a lot!".

For finding mods for unmoderated forums, I tend to weigh how much they post in that forum as more important. There are cases where existing moderators will tell me that they always read forum X but not post there, in which case I might give them a spot there. Someone who displays a lot of mapping knowledge but doesn't necessarily post in those forums might get a mod spot there. It really depends on SEN's needs at the time.

How did Syphon get a moderating position in the Games forum then, he never posted in it until he started modderating it and when he did he started off by spamming like 2 or 3 topics.

Golden-Fist was a much better candidate for the games forums. How did Syphon fit the job?

It motivates me but not to the extreme. I really want to get to the Elite status :0

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Minerals motivated me when I wanted to change the name, now IDC for it.

Umm, so many people are talking about how minerals dont motivate you. At least every person is here for one reason or another, probably everyone is here to post for the sake of communicating, others for post count, and some for minerals. I post for the sake of posting, minerals and post count. WHy doesnt everyone just keep it cool, the minerals are there for the people that like minerals, post count is there for the people that like post numbers, deal with it!

That's why I chuckle to myself when I read the "I just post to help people" type of responses. Of course there may be some noble souls out there who are that selfless and don't give a damn about status, but most of us would love to be known. And unless you really feel you're inadequate in a leadership role, who can honestly say they wouldn't want to work their way up to a Moderator spot? Its all about climbing the ladder.

I'd rather be a regular member for the sole reason of being able to act immature (most of the time) and to be "an mean person" the rest of the time(not so much..I think?)

But if I were offered the chance at a modding position, I wouldnt say no. It would just mean that I have responsibility and I'd have to drop the immaturity act. Personally eather way suits me just fine and I'm happy where I am.

I dont say that I dont care, I say the I care a little bit, if the post count was not there I would still post. But it is a good incentive to me for getting more posts. But they arent the world to me.

I believe he's talking about status, not post count. We're saying everyone cares about status regardless of how you obtain it. Yes, in this case you reach it through posts. But ts that status that drives people.

what do you mean status, like the amount of people look up to you and view you, like a popularity contest? status can be thought of in many different situations.